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Home My WebLink AboutCO 322Conservation Order Cover Page XHVZE This page is required for administrative purposes in managing the scanning process. It marks the extent of scanning and identifies certain actions that have been taken. Please insure that it retains it's current location in this file. ~~_ Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: DIGITAL DATA [] Diskettes, No. [] Other, No/Type OVERSIZED (Scannable with large plotter/scanner) [] Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) [] Logs of various kinds [] Other BY: ,,,~ARIA Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: __~ YES NO BY: ~ MARIA DATE: '"~Z'--c:~'-'i~..".~ ISI~ Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: __ YES __ NO (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALITY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • • INDEX CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 322 Northstar No. 3 1.) October 11, 1993 Amerada Hess Corporation Requests for Spacing Exception. 2.) October 20, 1993 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication Conservation Order No. 322 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 Re~ THE APPLICATION OF AMERADA ) HESS CORPORATION for an order ) granting an exception to the spacing ) requirements of Title 20 AAC 25.055 ) to provide for the drilling of the ) Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar ) No. 3 exploratory oil well. ) Conservation Order No. 322 Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar No. 3 November 4, 1993 IT APPEARING THAT: Amerada Hess Corporation submitted an application dated October 11, 1993 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) to allow drilling the Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar No. 3 exploratory oil well to a bottom-hole location that is closer than 500 feet to a drilling trait botmdary. . Notice of an oppommity for public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on October 20, 1993 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No substantive protests to the applications were received. FINDINGS: . The Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar No. 3 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 502' from the south line (FSL) and 2140' from the east line (FEL) of Section 17, T13N, R13E, Umiat Meridian (UM) to a proposed bottom-hole location 3235' FSL and 2889' FEL Section 20, T13N, R13E, UM. . Amerada Hess Corporation is the owner and operator of all governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the proposed bottom-hole location of the well. o An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. Conservation Order No. 32~, November 4, 1993 Page 2 CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar No. 3 exploratory oil well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative fights. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: Amerada Hess Corporation's application for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Northstar No. 3 well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated November 4, 1993. Russell A. Douglass, Commiflioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Thckerman A. Babcock, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission AS 31.05.080 provides that within 20 days after receipt of written notice of the entry of an order, a person affected by it may file with the Commission an application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 PM on the 23rd day following the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. The Commission shall grant or reti~se the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can refuse an application by not acting on it within the 1 O-day period. An affected person has 30 days from the date the Cmmnission refuses the application or mails (or otherwise distributes) an order upon rehearing, both being the final order of the Cmmnission, to appeal the decision to superior Court. Where a request for rehearing is denied by nonaction of the Conunission, the 30-day period for appeal to Superior Court hms from the date on which the request is deemed denied (i.e., 1. 0th day after the application for rehearing was filed). Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re~ The application of AMERADA HESS CORPORATION for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 to allow drilling the Northstar Unit No. 3 exploration oil well. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION by letter dated October 11, 1993 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) for the drilling of an exploratory oil well in the Northstar Unit, on the North Slope. The exception would allow Amerada Hess Corporation to directionally drill the Nothstar Unit No. 3 exploratory oil well to a bottom-hole location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The proposed surface location is 502' from the south line (FSL) and 2140' from the east line (FEL) of Section 17, T13N, R13E, Umiat Meridian (UM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 3235' FSL and 2889' FEL of Section 20, T13N, R13E, UM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM November 3, 1993 with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, and request a hearing on the matter. If the protest is timely filed and raises a substantial and material issue crucial to the Commission's determination, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 am on November 19, 1993 in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540. If a hearing is to be held, interested parties may confirm this by calling the Commission's office, (907) 279-1433 after November 3, 1993. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published October 20, 1993 8177 STOF0330 08-5754~.~ $64.60 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ) Eva M. Kaufmann being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he/she is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper. That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in AnchOrage, Alaska, and it is now and during ail said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper. That the annexed is a copy of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper on 10/20, 1993 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is not in excess of the rate charged private individuals. signed ~~'~ .'~~/ Subscribed and sworn to before me ......... Notary Public In and for the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage. Alaska MY CO~ISSION EXPIRES Notice of PUblic Hearing STATE OF" ALASKA , Alaska Oil, and Gas conservation ~ommiSSion , Re: The applic~tion of AMI~I~. ,ADA HESS (~ORPORATION for exception to .~. AAC 25.055: to allow drllli~g th'e Northstar Un!t No. 3 eXPlOration oil well. ,, AMERADA~,':'HESS cORPo- RATION by letter clatecl Octo- J 13er. 11, 1993.,~has requested .an J exception to Jhe. provisions of 2O '.AAC 25.0~(a):(3)..for the.[ dRIli'ng of:an' 'eXploratory oil jj well In the Northstar Un t, on Ii the North Sto .pe. The exception would allow Ameracla Hess Corporation to dlrectionally clrlll the Northstar Unlt No. 3 explorato- .fy oil well to a bottom-hole . ocat on that is c oser than ~ feet from a cluarter seCtion line. The proposed surface Io- cation is $02' from the south line (FSI.) ancl 21'40~ )rom tile east line (FEL) of'~Sectlon 17, , T13N~ R131~, umiat. ~eridian · "(UM) and 'tl-ie proposed hot- .tom-hole Iocafli~n Is 323,~'/=SI. ~ancl .2889,:.FE't~ Of Section :20, T13N, 'R13E'~ UM. . A' .person who may be harm- J.'ed if the reclUested,'orcler Is I'.]$s~ecl'~ay: file a W~i~en pro- j. test' pr. ior".to ~:00 PJ:Novem- J,.'13er 3;'1993 wi'th th'e' ~,laska OII J~ancl' Gas. COrlSerVatlon.'~ · ~--.~ot3g.~. A~a.~<~ 99.~0~ and ?:u.~· 3 -e~r 'C ~ the mat- · ~,~ ~ --¢, p---.*est i$ timely ':.filad and raise~.a substantial , .ancl.'" material' :l'$$ue' ~:~Ucla'l to I';fhe' .~omm'lssl0n'S d.eterm na~ J.'~lon,.'.a he'arl~g' on the .matter j.'Ure$$".at 9:00 'am O~' ~ovemoer J:~.i19,,i 1993 in conf.orman'ce with"20 I:,AA,C' 25,~0,, f ,a,.,heer~!pg 'is to _'.'.'~'-'~ '.~ ~ -'~ :.-",.l"t.~ '""¢ _,- ., ,-,q -- S.c .-- ,:, .-If .~C~ ;.7;"1:.%~ after %:~ve'~,1::,~.- 1~3 I~ 'c Dfc'es' s ' -~ely ,tileo, TINe Commtsslon Will con' :bicle'r.,fh'~',is'suance of the orcler ~:,~with0'ut,a,i,'heari:flg..' ' :,,, "./S/RUssell A: Dc)uglass, , , , commissioner, AlasKa'Oil :,:"; anu, ~'as.Conservation , 'c:0mml~sion .,, ,',AO.08~5754 , , ." Publish,: October 19~ 1993 : October 11, 1993 ENSR Consulting and Engineering 4640 Busincss Park Blvd. Buihting 1) Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 56'1-5700 FAX (907) 273-4555 Mr. David W. Johnston, Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: Application for Exemption to Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 (Drilling Units and Well Spacing) Amerada Hess Corporation, Northstar No. 3 Gentlemen' Amerada Hess Corporation (AHC) hereby makes application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) for an exemption to the provisions of the drilling unit and spacing requirements of 20 AAC 25.055 as.they pertain to the primary downhole target and bottomhole locations of-the above-referenced well.. The primary downhole target location is: 3,980 ft FSL, 2,670 ft FEL, Sec 20, T13N, R13E, UM The bottomhole location is: 3,235 ft FSL, 2,889 ft FEL, Sec 20, T13N, R13E, UM These locations are less than 500 feet from the nearest drilling' unit boundary as defined in 20 AAC 25.055. All adjacent governmental quarter sections are held under lease to AHC (ADL 355001) and are committed to the Northstar Unit, which has been approved by the Department of Natural Resources. Therefore, the applicant, AHC, is the only affected party as defined in 20 AAC 25.055(b). A listing of the direct and diagonal offsetting quarter sections and a map showing the surface and downhole locations are attached. This exemption is requested to allow, the drilling of the Northstar No. 3 exploration well at the optimum structural position. The undersigned hereby verifies that he is acquainted with the facts surrounding this application for exemption; that the facts presented herein and on the attached plat and table are true and correctly portray all pertinent and required data as defined in 20 AAC 25.055 (a)(1) and 20 AAC 25.055(b). RE6EIVED 0 CT 1 5 199; Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. Commissio~ Anchorage Mr. David W. Johnston, Chairman October 11, 1993 Page 2 Please contact the undersigned at (907) 561-5700 or John Simon, AHC Manager of Offshore Production and Construction, at (713) 752-5920 if you have any questions or need additional information. R. C. Gardner Regional Program Manager Oil and Gas Services and Agent for Amerada Hess Corporation RCG/rm Attachments: I Direct and diagonal offsetting quarter sections to the downhole locations of AHC Northstar No. 3. II Proposed surface and downhole locations. CC: John Simon, AHC Peter Bacon, AHC RE'¢'EIVED 0CT 1 5 1993 Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. Commissio,'~ Anchorage ATTACHMENT I TO APPLICATION FOR WELL SPACING EXEMPTION AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, NORTHSTAR NO. 3 EXPLORATION WELL Direct and diagonal offsetting quarter sections to target location (3,980 ft FSL, 2,670 ft FEL, Sec 20, T13N, R13E, UM) and bottomhole location (3,235 ft FSL, 2,889 ft FEL, Sec 20, T13N, R13E UM) of Amerada Hess Corporation Northstar No. 3 Exploration Well. Quarter Section Reference No. ADL Lease (see Attachment II) Description Lessee Number Unit SE 1/4 Sec 18 Amerada Hess 1 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar SW 1/4 Sec 17 Amerada Hess 2 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar SE 1/4, Sec 17 Amerada Hess 3 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar NE 1/4, Sec 20 Amerada Hess 4 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar SE 1/4, Sec .20 Amerada Hess 5 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar SW 1/4, Sec 20 Amerada Hess 6 T13N, R13E, U M Corporation 355001 Northstar SE 1/4, Sec 19 Amerada Hess 7 T13N, R13E, UM Corporation 355001 Northstar NE 1/4, Sec 19 Amerada Hess 8 T13N, R13E, U M Corporation 355001 Northstar Al~sk~ 0il & 6~s Cons. (PREPARED IN SUPPORT OF Ar'PLICATION FOR EXEMPTION TO PROVISIONS OF 20AAC 25.055) AHC ADL 512798 AHC AHC AHC AHC AHC NW 1/4. NE 1/4. NW 1/4. NE 1/4. NW 1/4. J SEC. 18 SEC. 18 SEC. 17 SEC. 17 SEC. 16 I AHC SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4~ AHC SEC. 17 SEC. 7~ SEC. 16 SEC. 18J KUPARUK -~ '~z~ T, TARGET ~ 4o' = 1 ~ LOCATION N, I ~ ~~ / ~/~ .... SEC. 20 E ,HC AHC ~w"7/~ ~ s[~: ~ ~w~/~ ~/~ ~. ~o __ ~.o, ~w~/~ I~ I AHC J AHC ~2~5 AHC AHC AHC SW 1/4J SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. ~9 SEC. ~e SEC. ZO SEC. 20 SEC. 2~ , ADL 355001 ADL 312808 I [ ' I SEC.,~O J SEC. 30 SEC. Z9J SEC. 29 SEC. 28 I I _ ~ _ _ I ..... LEGEND LEASE LINE AHC AMERADA HESS CORPORATION QUARTER SECTION LINE QUARTER SECTION REFERENCE NUMBER (SEE TABLE ATTACHMENT 1) NOTE: ADL 312798, ADL 355001, ADL $12808 ARE HELD BY THE NORTHSTAR UNIT RE(~EIVED 0 CT 1 5 199~ ~ Alaska 011 & Gas Cons. Comm~ssiO~ Anchorage o ~ ooo 2000 SCALE IN FEET ENSR coNSULTING & ENGINEERING DRAWING: SDLOC2 DRAWN: SR/ABB C/SC: 1:2000 DISK: 775/93 DATE: 10/14/95 CHECK: B.G. ATTACHMENT Tr. PROPOSED SURFACE AND DOWNHOLE LOCATIONS AMERADA HESS CORPORATIO NORTHSTAR NO. 5 PROJECT 0250-014-250